Honors English IIIVocabulary List 1

1) Approbation (n.) the expression of approval or favorite

opinion, praise: official approval

Synonyms: commendation, sanction

Antonyms: disapproval, condemnation, censure

2) Assuage (v.) to make easier or milder, relieve; to

quiet, calm; to put an end to; appease, satisfy, quench

Synonyms: mitigate, alleviate, slake, allay

Antonyms: intensify, aggravate, exacerbate

3) Coalition (n.) a combination, union, or merger for

some specific purpose

Synonyms: alliance, league, federation, combine

Antonyms: splinter group

4) Decadence (n.) decline, decay, or deterioration; a

condition or period of decline or decay; excessive self-indulgence

Synonyms: degeneration, corruption

Antonyms: rise, growth, development, maturation

5) Elicit (v.) to draw forth, bring out from some

source (such as another person)

Synonyms: call forth, evoke, extract, educe

Antonyms: repress, quash, squelch, stifle

6) Expostulate (v.) to attempt to dissuade someone from

some course or decision by earnest reasoning

Synonyms: protest, remonstrate, complain

Antonyms: None

7) Hackneyed (adj.) used so often to lack freshness or

originality

Synonyms: banal, trite, commonplace, corny

Antonyms: now, fresh, novel,original

8) Hiatus (n.) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of

having something missing)

Synonyms: pause, lacuna

Antonyms: continuity, continuation

9) Innuendo (n.) a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference

(often derogatory)

Synonyms: insinuation, intimation

Antonyms: direct statement

10) Intercede (v.) to plead on behalf of someone else; to

serve as a third party or go between in a disagreement

Synonyms: intervene, mediate

Antonyms: none

11) Jaded (adj.) wearied, worn-out, dulled, (being

satiated by excessive indulgence)

Synonyms: sated, surfeited, cloyed

Antonyms: unspoiled, uncloyed

12) Lurid (adj.) causing shock, horror, or revulsion;

sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint

Synonyms: gruesome, gory, grisly, baleful, ghastly

Antonyms: pleasant, attractive, appealing, wholesome

13) Meritorious (adj.) worthy, deserving recognition and

praise

Synonyms: Praiseworthy, laudable, commendable

Antonyms: blameworthy, reprehensible, descreditable

14) Petulant (adj.) peevish, annoyed by trifles, easily

irritated and upset

Synonyms: irritable, testy, waspish

Antonyms: even-tempered, placid, serene, amiable

15) Prerogative (n.) a special right or privilege; a special

quality showing excellence

Synonyms: perquisite, perk

Antonyms: none

16) Provincial

(adj.) an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, limited and/or backward; simple, plain (n.) person with a narrow point of view; person from an outlying area

Synonyms: (adj.) narrow-minded, parochial, insular, niave

Antonyms: (adj.) cosmopolitan, catholic, broad-minded

17) Simulate (v.) to make a pretense of, imitate; to show

the outer signs of

Synonyms: feign, pretend, affect

Antonyms: none

18) Transcend (v.) to rise above or beyond, exceed

Synonyms: surpass, outstrip

Antonyms: none

19) Umbrage (n.) shade cast by trees; foilage giving

shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion

Synonyms: irritation, pique, annoyance

Antonyms: pleasure, delight, satisfaction

20) Unctuous (adj.) excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard

to give an impression or earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily, pliable

Synonyms: mealymouthed, servile, fawning, greasy

Antonyms: gruff, blunt